Nokman newton hill



(No Model.)

N. N. HILL.

BELL.

Patented Jan. 27, 1891.

NITED' STATES ATnNr FFIcE.

NORMAN NEWTON HILL, OF EAST HAMPTON, CONNECTICUT.

BELL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 445,370, dated January 27, 1891.

Application filed September 29, 1890. Serial No. 366,508. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, NORMAN NEWTON HILL, of East Hampton, in the county of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, have invented new Improvements in Bells; and I do hereby de clare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the let ters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in

Figure 1, a view in side elevation of a bell constructed in accordance with my invention, and Fig. 2 a view thereof in central longitudinal section.

My invention relates to an improvementin that class of bells in which two bells placed mouth to month are attached to one end of a handle. Heretofore bells of this class have generally been made by attaching them directly to a wire at suitable distances apart and driving the same into the handle or by placing a piece of tubing between them and then passing a wire ora nail or a screw through both bells, the tubing, and into or through the handle.

The object of my invention simple, cheap, and strong bell of finer tone than the bells heretofore made.

With these ends in View my invention consists in the combination, with a handle having a spindle forming a continuation of one of its ends, of two bells placed mouth to mouth and one being driven over the said spindle and the other being seated upon the outer end thereof, means for securing the bell last mentioned to the spindle, and a j inglet.

My invention further consists in certain details of construction and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

As herein shown, the handle A of the device has a spindle B made integral with and forming an extension of one of its ends, the base of the spindle being provided with an enlargement O, merging at its inner end into a shoulder D, located where the spindle meets the handle. If desired, the spindle may be made independently of the handle and. conis to improve upon such constructions and to produce a nected therewith, so as to form an extension thereof. The two bells E E are placed mouth to mouth, the inner bell E having a sufficiently large opening E formed in it to adapt it to pass over the end of the spindle, after which it is crowded down over the enlargement 0 thereof and held in place solely by the shoulder D and by the friction of the metal edge E, which was displaced in forming the opening E, with the surface of the said enlargement. If desired, however, the said enlargement may be dispensed with and the spindle made of uniform diameter. The outer bell E is seated upon the end of the spindle and secured thereto by a screw F, passing through a small opening formed in it and into the spindle. As herein shown, the outer end of the spindle is capped bya light ferrule G to strengthen the device and prevent the spindle from splitting; but such ferrule is not essential and may be dispensed with; nor do I limit myself to the use of a screw for securing the outer bell in place, as I may use a wire or a nail in its stead. The

usual jinglet J is placed between the two bells when they are being assembled.

By employing a spindle forming an extension of the handle for carrying the bells and holding them properly apart I secure a very simple and strong construction, particularly when, as I prefer, the spindle is made integral with the handle. Furthermore, by forming a larger opening in one hell than in the other they are caused to sound in different toneswith all the pleasing effect of a chime.

In View of the modifications herein suggested I do not limit myself to the exact construction herein shown and described, but hold myself at liberty to make such changes and alterations therefrom as fairly fall with in my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a bell, the combination, with a handle having a spindle forming an extension. of one of its ends, of two bells placed mouth to mouth and one being driven over the said spindle and the other being seated upon the outer end thereof, means for securing the last mentioned bell to the end of the spindle, and a jinglet interposed between the two bells, substantially as described.

2. In a bel1,the c0mbination,wit-h a handle having a spindle made integral with one of its ends and a shoulder where the same meets it, of two bells placed mouth to mouth and one being driven over the said spindle and against the said shoulder and the other being [0 seated upon the outer end of the spindle,

means for securing the bell last mentioned to the spindle, and a jinglet, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscrib- 15 ing witnesses. v V

' NORMAN NEWTON HILL. Witnesses:

F. W. HILL, E. F. DERBY. 

